Review this week’s Learning Resources on dissociative disorders. Use the Walden Library to investigate the controversy regarding dissociative disorders. Locate at least three scholarly articles that you can use to support your Assignment. The Assignment (2–3 pages) Explain the controversy that surrounds dissociative disorders. Explain your professional beliefs about dissociative disorders, supporting your rationale with at least three scholarly references from the literature. Explain strategies for maintaining the therapeutic relationship with a client that may present with a dissociative disorder. Finally, explain ethical and legal considerations related to dissociative disorders that you need to bring to your practice and why they are important.

Strategies for maintaining Therapeutic Relationship with Client with Dissociative Disorder

As a therapist, I would maintain therapeutic relationship with a client with DD by avoiding skepticism that may affect how I perceive the client. This can also help me avoid judging the client which may cause them to feel I am stigmatizing them. Being empathetic to the client, and being clear in terms of how I share with them the information about their health, can make them feel comfortable. I would also try to ground them by introducing simple exercise (Agarwal, Sitholey, & Srivastava, 2019). An example is asking them to name the sounds as I play them.

Ethical and Legal Considerations related to Dissociative Disorders in Practice, and their Importance

The ethical considerations include administering treatment in a judicious manner, and ensuring that the treatment is safe or results to positive therapeutic outcomes for the client (Myrick et al., 2017). The main legal issue to consider is seeking the patient’s consent before sharing their information.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the controversies associated with the DDs can be attributed to lack of in-depth research concerning these disorders. As a physician, one’s professional beliefs should guide how they view any form of mental health disorder, be it the DD or any other psychiatric condition.

References

Agarwal, V., Sitholey, P., & Srivastava, C. (2019). Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of Dissociative disorders in children and adolescents. Indian journal of psychiatry, 61(Suppl 2), 247–253. https://doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_493_18.

Meganck, R. (2017). Beyond the Impasse – Reflections on Dissociative Identity Disorder from a Freudian-Lacanian Perspective. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 789. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00789.

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